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WSJ Tech News Briefing

AI Takes Over Advertising: What's Next for Commercials

WSJ Tech News Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

Tech News, News

4.31.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Today is the Super Bowl 🏈! Before you huddle up for the big game, we're bringing you an episode of What's News Sunday we thought you might enjoy. Host Alex Ossola, along with Journal reporters Katie Deighton and Suzanne Vranica, are taking a look at the Super Bowl's other main event: the ads. The annual game is the world's most high-stakes advertising showcase, and this year, artificial intelligence will be front and center. AI titans like OpenAI and Anthropic will feature their own ads as the race for name recognition ramps up. Tune in to hear how AI is rewriting the playbook for the future of the advertising industry. And if you enjoy the episode, be sure to check out the What’s News podcast. Sign up for the WSJ's free Technology newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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huddle up for the big game, we're bringing you an episode of What's New Sunday

0:39.2

we thought you might enjoy. We're taking a look at the other main Super Bowl event, the ads.

0:46.1

This year, artificial intelligence will be front and center, with some of the biggest players

0:51.4

in AI coming off the sidelines as the competition heats up.

0:55.8

If you enjoy the episode, be sure to check out What's News wherever you like to listen.

1:00.0

Now, let's kick off the show.

1:04.6

Hey, What's News listeners. It's Sunday, February 8th. I'm Alex O'Slef for the Wall Street Journal.

1:10.5

This is What's News Sunday, the show where we tackle the big questions about the biggest stories in the news by reaching out to our colleagues across the newsroom to help explain what's happening in our world. On today's show, artificial intelligence is reshaping the advertising industry. We get into the visible and subtle ways AI is changing commercials,

1:29.1

and what it means now that AI companies themselves are getting in on the action.

1:34.7

It's Super Bowl Sunday, which means it's the advertising industry's, well, Super Bowl.

1:39.8

This year, 30 seconds of Super Bowl ad time costs more than $8 million for many companies.

1:45.5

And that's just for the time.

1:46.9

They can spend tens of millions more on making the ads themselves.

1:50.8

So increasingly, companies are turning to artificial intelligence to cut the cost of making an ad.

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